High School Track and Field: Humboldt Cubs
The Humboldt track team came away big from the Yates Center track meet Tuesday. The girls took first overall and the boys finished second.
This is the first time in my 16 years and the first time since the early 1990s that our girls team has won a meet, Cubs head coach Eric Carlson said. Our girls all worked hard and did a great job competing.
The Lady Cubs had their share of first-place finishes starting with junior Kaylie Johnson who finished on top in three events including the long jump (15 feet, 7 inches) and triple jump (33 feet, 7.5 inches).
The Humboldt girls three relay teams all came in first place.
The 4×100 relay team of Kaylie Johnson, Zoey Wilson, Lizzie Myers and Savanna Puckett finished with a time of 54.59.
The 4×400 team of Myers, Bailey Goodell, Jessica Myers and Puckett finished with a time of 4:37.83 and the 4×800 team of Jessica Myers, Alayna Johnson, Brianna Baker and Britnee Works finished with a time of 12:36.19 seconds.
Lizzie Myers was the high jump champion with a jump of 48 and Wilson rounded out the Lady Cubs first-place finishes in the 800-meter dash, winning with a time of 2:56.31.
Alayna Johnson came in second in the discus with a distance of 9310. Puckett finished second in the 200-meter dash with a time of 28.67. Works finished second in the high jump behind Myers with a jump of 48 and Myers came in right behind Kaylie Johnsons first-place finish in the long jump with a jump of 151.
Bailey Goodell finished third in the long jump with a distance of 144. Jailynn Goforth finished third in the high jump behind her two teammates with a jump of 46.
The boys werent nearly as prolific with their second- place finish but still managed their share of point scorers starting with junior Tucker Hurst who placed in the top three in all four of his events.
Hurst was first in the discus with a throw of 1357 and second in both the shot put (399) and javelin (1419). He wrapped things up with a third-place finish in the triple jump (369).
Senior Colin Gillespie earned first in the triple jump with a 373. Gillespie also finished second in the high jump (58) and in the 300-meter hurdles (46.45).
Drake Harrington, Luke Yokum, Caleb Coronado and Isiah Coronado finished second in the 4×800-meter relay (9:51.68).
Caleb Coronado also finished third in the 800-meter run (2.22.97) and senior Noah Johnson turned in a third-place finish in the shot put (3811).
The Cubs will compete in the Fredonia Relays a week from Friday.
